If you were to ask an average person on the street what deep drawing is, they might assume that it was a psychedelic art movement started on some 1960’s art school. Instead, deep drawing is instead a complex sheet metal forming process where metal blanks can be formed into shapes

When we’re taught how to measure things in grade school, we’re handed a ruler, or maybe we see the tape measure in the toolbox as infallible objects. After all, how can these absolute objects of measurement ever be any different? But most people would be surprised to know that measurement

How the type of thread can completely change the characteristics of fasteners When the average person looks at a box of bolts or screws, they don’t think much past the basic size of the screw, or, if it will be exposed, maybe the color of the metal. But in the

Four-Slide Machine gives CFI a quick, powerful tool for shaping material Beyond CNC machines and their many variants, there in another piece of machinery in the components industry that has a long history, but is equally important. This tool is used for the creation of complex wire forms as well

Custom wire forms, one of CFI’s specialties, makes for one of the most versatile pieces money can buy Custom wire forms is one of the most interesting fields in our industry. If you can dream of a shape, we can make it out of a wire today. From everyday wire

Over the past decade, plastics and forms of nylon are quickly replacing their ferrous counterparts as the material of choice under the hood of cars and trucks all over the world. How can this be? Conventional wisdom would tell you that the high stress environment of an internal combustion engine

Machinists often have a tough decision to make when they’re apprenticing – just what kind of Miller should they be? With costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s not as if an average Miller can buy his or her own machinery and set up shop – so, what

Heat treating is much more than one of the services that CFI provides to its customers. Instead, it is a fascinating metallurgical process that has a rich history that has roots in the Bronze Age. This process heats the metal up to extreme temperatures in order to alter the most